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Vistry Group (formerly Bovis Homes) and Countryside are set to merge in a deal that will create one of the largest house-builders in the UK construction industry.
Cost of Living Crisis - Should all households get some free energy?
The left-leaning New Economics Foundation have put forward some proposals to tackle the energy crisis, and they're more radical than most.
Kent Brewer left with just one EU customer after Brexit
The Old Dairy Brewery in Kent, which featured in a promotional video about the opportunities of Brexit has seen the value of its beer exports drop from £600,000 to £2,000 as it now only has one EU...
Supply shock - UK carbon dioxide price quadruples
A classic of the genre, with the quadrupling of carbon dioxide prices having lots of interesting economics implications, largely because of the derived demand for carbon dioxide.
Bus fares in England to be capped at £2 per journey for 3 months
The Transport Minister, Grant Shapps, has announced that bus fares are going to be capped at £2 per single journey for three months from January 2023.
Zambia secures emergency support from the IMF
Having come to the aid of Sri Lanka, the IMF has turned its attention to bailing out Zambia, a country with a financial crisis of its own, and similarly high debt levels.
Economics Weekly Quiz | 02 September 2022
It's back! Our weekly economics quiz returns for the start of a new term.
Cost of Living Crisis - Two decades of real pay growth set to be wiped out
The Resolution Foundation is forecasting that households' spending power might fall by £3,000, as up to 3 million households experience fuel poverty.
Mega Deal in Sports Streaming - BT Sport and Eurosport UK complete a joint venture
Here is a cracking applied example to add to Year 13 Business Economics class notes.
Cost Crisis Worsens for UK Care Homes
Paul Brand has reported for ITV in stark terms about the cost pressures facing care homes as winter approaches.
Energy Economics - Hornsea 2 becomes fully operational
Here is an important glimmer of hope during the energy crisis. Hornsea 2 - the world's largest off-shore wind farm has become fully operational.
Cost of Living Crisis - Dairy prices expected to remain high
ARLA Dairies, one of the biggest producers in the world has warned that a plateau of high prices is likely to stay well into 2023.
Energy Price Crisis - Assessing the Impact on Businesses
Businesses are not currently part of the UK retail energy price cap, and the surge in energy bills is having a huge impact on many sectors.
Energy Price Cap Jumps Again - An Economic and Social Crisis Arrives
When is a price cap not really a price cap? When it keeps changing and when the cap is certainly not a cap on bills.
Sony has raised the UK price of their PS5 console by 6% (£30), from £449.99 to £479.99.
10.4% of all people aged 16 to 24 years in the UK were not in education, employment or training in the 3 months to the end of June 2022.
Shifts in Demand and Supply - Fish and Chip Shops Facing Closure
Here's an interesting article from the BBC about the difficulties facing fish and chip shops in the UK caused by shifting demand and supply conditions.
TUC launch campaign for £15 per hour national minimum wage
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) have launched their campaign for a significant increase in the UK national minimum wage to £15 per hour.
Globalisation - Apple shifts more manufacturing toward Vietnam
Here is a really interesting piece in the Financial Times about Apple's plans to move more manufacturing towards Vietnam.
Recession Watch - Key Mortgage Interest Rate rises above 4%
The average interest rate for a new two-year fixed home loan has climbed above 4% for the first time since 2013.